No one ever really prepares you for breastfeeding – what a trial it will be, that is. We, as women, worry so much about the birth (the labor, the pain, the fears, the preparation) that we don’t really think about afterward. Especially since breastfeeding is so natural & instinctual, right? How hard could it really […]
Here’s an interview with Ricki Lake, where one of the things she talks about is that wonderful, life-changing (for me) documentar, The Business of Being Born.
Good bye, LA. It was fun for a short while but ya know… You were ok when it was just us, but then Nugget came along and you are no place to raise children. It’ll have been almost 2 years when we leave & I think that’s long enough to say you know a place […]
I do not scare easily. I’ll stick my face right up against the window of the terrariums at the zoo – the ones holding the exotic bugs & scorpions. I’ll say, “EEEEEEEW,” while I’m doing it, but I’ll still look. I typically refuse to kill bugs, either – I leave spiders where they are (unless […]
My mom sent me this link this morning and you can bet I bought one immediately. Mr Nikki, upon seeing the pictures, even practically demanded it. Cute, to say the least. Cute, happy baby, environmentally friendly, safe and everyone in Europe uses it! Sold! Mr Nikki sent me this link, about a hospital who refused […]
After… oh, what, over a year of no rain?… it started raining yesterday afternoon and STILL HAS NOT STOPPED. I am in heaven. (I am also avoiding driving because I learned very quickly that people in LA completely freak out and drive even worse than usual in any kind of real weather.) I am cozy-ing […]
It’s hard not to get your hopes up, even when you know you’ll be crushed if you do and things don’t turn out. Mr Nikki has a phone interview on Wednesday, for the mysterious JOB IN SEATTLE. And the person he’s interviewing with is someone that he interviewed with before, when they were at another […]
3 hour glucose test (last week) – annoying, but not brutal. Though they lie – it’s actually FOUR hours and you get stuck with a needle FOUR times. And WHEW! I do not have gestational diabetes. I realize it wouldn’t have been the worst thing ever, but the idea of having to monitor every moment […]
It’s the same old shit going on, but I’m busier than ever. (Hence, the lack of posting.) My summer semester is in full gear – and I’m glad I didn’t take the third online class, as I’d fought to be allowed to do. One of my classes runs on a tight 4 day schedule . […]
It had completely slipped my mind to think that we could get married now and do a party thing later. (Thanks, Unabashed!) So I think that’s what we’re going to do. Only thing is, Hank is on lockdown from August until the game is released in March – which means other than the 2 week […]
Last night we ate spaghetti & french bread, with raw butter and watched Weeds & Nurse Jacquie. When Nurse Jacquie was over, Hank turned off the tv, kneeled down in front of me and said something about how, long before The Nugget came along, this was forever. He then tried not to roll his eyes […]
So I’m just a couple days shy of 18 weeks now. I had an appointment with my midwife yesterday (all is well, though my uterus is apparently larger than normal at this point, which made her question my due date for a moment.) She said it’s quite active, to which I said I haven’t felt […]
